Pope Leo XIV draws large crowds during visit to France
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Pope Leo XIV drew hundreds of thousands of worshippers during a visit to France, the first papal trip to the country in almost two decades, according to CBS News.
About 800,000 people gathered in central Paris for an open-air Mass on the Champs-Élysées, the Los Angeles Times and Fox News reported. The Wall Street Journal described the pope as receiving a “rockstar welcome” in France, while AP reported on how the country was balancing public excitement over the visit with its strict tradition of secularism.
Leo later continued to Lourdes, a major Catholic pilgrimage site in the foothills of the Pyrenees. France 24 reported that he celebrated Mass there before about 150,000 people. During his Lourdes appearance, the pope said the Church must acknowledge its mistakes, according to Yahoo.
Vatican News also reported that Leo visited Maison Bakhita, where he said, “No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.”
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